Intelligence Flashcards
(34 cards)
Who devised the primary abilities towards intelligence?
Louis Leon Thurstone
What are the primary abilities?
Word fluency
Verbal comprehension
Spatial visualisation
Number facility
Associative memory
Reasoning
Perceptual speed
What is perceptual speed?
Ability to quickly and accurately compare visual information and make judgments based on visual stimuli
When is perceptual speed reduced?
depression
schizophrenia
age related cognitive delicine
What is spatial visualisation?
Ability to mentally manipulate objects and understand spatial relationships.
What is number facility?
ability to work with numbers quickly and accurately
WHat conditions affect number facility?
dementia
cognitive disorders
conditions affecting executive functioning
What is associative memory?
ability to link ideas or concepts together
What is perceptual speed?
ability to quickly and accurately compare visual information or make judgements based on visual stimuli
What conditions affect perceptual speed?
reduced in depression, schizophrenia and age related cognitive decline
What does Raven Progressive Matrices assess?
general intelligence
What does Ravens Progressive Matrices involve?
Finding the missing pattern in a series
Is Raven’s Progressive Matrices affected by ethnic background?
No
Explain the 3 different types of progressive matrices
Stanford Progressive Matrices - average for 6-80 year olds
Coloured Progressive Matrices - younger children and special groups
Advanced Progressive Matrices - above average intelligence adolescents and adults
WHo introduced the idea of heritable intelligence and psychometric testing?
Francis Galton 1869
Who introduced the first intelligence test to identify children needing special education
binet and simon
who proposed the Two Factor Theory of intelligence
Charles Spearman 1904
Who introduced the concept of IQ and when
William Stern 1912
Who identified the seven Primary Mental Abilities?
LL Thurstone in 1938
Who developed the Wechsler-Bellevue scale?
David Wechsler 1939
Who outlined a developmental theory of intelligence with four cognitive stages?
Jean PiagetW
Who introduced fluid and crystallised intelligence?
Raymond Cattell
Who proposed the theory of multiple intelligence?
gardner
Who developed the Triarchic theory?
Robert Sternberg